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No.239,035. Patented March 22,188l.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CYRIAG DU BRUL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR-MOLD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,035, dated March22, 1881.

Application filedJamiary 25,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it, known that I, GYRIAG DU BRUL, acitizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of NewYork and State of New York, have invented Improvements in Cigar-Molds,of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to enable the two parts of a cigar-mold tobe readily separated by pressing apart at one end without the danger ofbreaking or injuring the thin edges of the cups most remote from the endto which the separating-pressure is applied. For this purpose I provideat one end of the mold, on the bed or cap, or both, a rise or projectionto constitute a fulcrum-bearing when separating-pressure is applied atthe other end of the mold, and adjustable in height, so as to gage theclosure of the mold, as hereinafter described.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in

' er relation to each other.

At the end 1 of the bed A of the mold is preferably formed an incline,E, forming a cavity for the reception of the fingers of the operator, orany suitable instrument by which the mold is pried apart. At the otherend, 2, of the mold I provide a rise or projection, F, which, in thepresent illustration, is shown on the bed A, but may beformed on the capB; or, y if preferred, projections may be formed both on base and cap,the elfect being in either case to bring the projecting part or parts ofthe bed or body of the mold and the cap or follower nearly in contact atthis point 2, so that when the mold is to be separated pressure appliedat the oppsoite end, 1, will lift the matrices apart by a directmovement, and the lips or edges of the cups will thus be protected fromdanger of breakage, which with molds of ordinary construction is quiteliable to occur to the first two cups.

It is found desirable to make the rise or projection F variable inheight, so as to gage the closure of the mold and agree=with thethickness of the cup-flanges, which differ much with different cups anddifferent molds. For this purpose the said rise or projection is formedof a sliding piece, as shown,,having an inclined bottom resting on acorrespondingly-inclined base or bearing, and fixed in any position towhich it may be adjusted by set-screws Gr, which may be arranged to beareither against its face or ends, as preferred.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A cigar-mold constructed, substantially as herein described, with a riseor projection, F, of variable height, adjustable to correspond with thethickness of the mold-flanges or to gage the closure of the molds, asexplained.

OYRIAG DU BRUL.

Witnesses:

GEo. PREssLER, E. Zorn.-

